Man sells daughter for brother’s marriage

KHANPUR – A man sold his two-year-old daughter to bear expenses of marriage of his brother in a village, near Khanpur Mehr on Sunday.

Police said that Nisar’s brother Munir Ahmad a resident of village Ramazan Babro near Khanpur Mehr needed Rs one lakh for his marriage. In order to obtain the said amount, Nisar sold his two-year-old daughter Rozeena to a local landlord Naik Muhammad, police added. Resisting the selling of her daughter, mother of Rozeena reached police station to get back her daughter.

Police registered a case of kidnapping against Naik Muhammad and handed over the minor girl to her grandfather while accused Nisar managed to escape.